The Worshipbook ‎#369

369. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
All who by faith before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest.

[Refrain:]
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 You were their rock, their fortress, and their might;
Jesus, their cCaptain in the well-fought fight;
You in the darkness drear, their one true Light. [Refrain]

3 O may your soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor's crown of gold. [Refrain]

4 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design. [Refrain]

5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. [Refrain]

6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints, who from their labors rest
• Title: For All the Saints
• Author: William Walsham How (1864, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia!
• Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluias
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:1
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Service for the Lord's Day: Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church: Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral; Civil Year: Memorial Day; Other Observances: Reformation Day

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906, alt. 1927)
• Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluias
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music from The English Hymnal Service Book; used by permission of Oxford University Press.